Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

25-1072 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Occupational Description:
Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2025

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	1,470	237	$84,239.98/yr	$56,714.42/yr	$65,132.33/yr	$79,219.65/yr	$99,919.60/yr	$120,862.96/yr

Leading Industries for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Education and Health Services	1,470	N/A

Other Regional Data for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	30	$80,426.56/yr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	70	$75,362.63/yr	13.4%
Duluth MN-WI MSA	70	$70,923.45/yr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	70	$78,864.68/yr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	80	$95,315.11/yr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	80	$73,915.36/yr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	80	$81,876.87/yr	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	100	$81,308.92/yr	N/A
Central Minnesota	110	$79,577.67/yr	19.8%
Southwest Minnesota	110	$77,340.33/yr	18.5%
Southeast Minnesota	120	$81,311.96/yr	16.0%
Northwest Minnesota	130	$78,405.25/yr	19.6%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	880	$79,787.61/yr	17.8%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	890	$79,787.61/yr	N/A
Minnesota	1,470	$79,219.65/yr	17.5%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	3,050	$101,035.23/yr	19.2%
Nurse Midwives	260	$62.01/hr	5.7%
Health Education Specialists	1,480	$38.07/hr	9.4%
Nurse Practitioners	8,690	$62.69/hr	43.8%
Family Medicine Physicians	2,290	>$100/hr	3.1%
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	530	$38.17/hr	8.1%
General Internal Medicine Physicians	1,870	>$100/hr	2.3%
Exercise Physiologists	150	$30.08/hr	9.5%
Dermatologists	200	>$100/hr	2.6%
Pediatricians, General	890	>$100/hr	1.2%

Task for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
Demonstrate patient care in clinical units of hospitals.
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as pharmacology, mental health nursing, and community health care practices.
Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
Assess clinical education needs and patient and client teaching needs using a variety of methods.